Target-trap



2 sheets-sheen 1, F. C. D AMM` TARGET TRAP,

(N0 Model.)

lNjITEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK o. DAMM, or EINDLAY, AssIeNoR To THE CLEVELAND TARGET i TARGET-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part ef Lettere Patent No. 477,927, dated :rune 2e, 1892'.

Application filed June 27,1891. Serial No. 397,676. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: p Y c,represents athreaded pin secured to the Be it known that LFREDERICKV C. DAMM, a under side of the arm C and passing through citizen of the United States, residing at Findthe plate D. Surrounding the pin c is a coillay, in Hancock county and State of Ohio, spring (l, which thrusts endwiseagainst the 55 5 have invented certain new and useful Implate D, and an adjustable thumb-nut cion provements in Target-Traps, of which the folsanidpin. Inside'thespring d and surroundlowing is a full, clear, and exact description, ing the pin c is a loose sleeve CZ. The nut reference being made to the accompanying c? may be screwed up or down, thereby causdrawings, in which* ing the plateD to be pressed against the edge 6o l ro Figurel isaplan view of a trap containing ofthe base B with a greater or less springmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of pressure, or rthe nut may be screwed up until said trap. Fig. 3 isafront view thereof with it forces the sleeve d against the plate D the throwing-arm and its'operating mechanwithv suiiicient force to practically clamp the ism removed, and Fig. l isa side view of the arm C to the edge of the base. l 65 15 mechanism for operating the shaft. Fig. 5Ais EE represent standards,in which are joura vertical longitudinal sectional view of the naled the horizontal shaft F. Rigidly seouter end of the arm C and the parts concured to this shaft is an inclined endless cam nected and adjacent thereto. G, which engages with the arm C, whereby My invention relates to traps for throwing when the cam vGris revolved the arm C and 7o 2o the so-called flying targets or artificial the post A, to which it is secured, oscillate birds. back and forth through an arc of about one The objects of my invention are to provide hundred and twenty degrees.' In the conmeans whereby the direction in which the struction shown this inclined cam is inthe target will be thrown by the trap may be inform of a diagonal groove g, and a friction- 75 2 5 stantly and easily changed as often as advisroller c'mounted on the arm C, operates in able, and, if desired, by an operator placed at said groove. a distance from the trap, and to provide At some convenient point on, the shaft F a means adapted to simultaneously change the ratchet wheel H is keyed,v and a leverJ, direction of throw of a number of traps. loosely mounted upon the shaft, bears a pawl 8o 3o Myinventionconsistsin theconstruction and adapted to engage with said ratchet. A concombination of parts hereinafter described, tractile coil-spring K is attached at one end and pointed out definitely in the claims. to some fixed point and at the other to the Referring by letters to the parts of the lever J. A cord L, which may be carried to trap shown in the drawings, B represents the and operated from any point, is secured to 85 3 5 base of the trap, which is provided with legs the lever. By pulling upon the cord the leb b, by means of which the base may be sever is drawn back, thereby revolving the cured in a fixed position.y shaft and cam G and turning the throwing- A represents a post, which supports the arm to the right or left, as the case may be. throwing-arm and its operating mechanism. When the cord is slackened, the spring draws 9o 4o The throwing-'arm and its operating mechthe lever backward. f l.- anism may be of any suitable construction. With the abovedescribed combination of The post A is pivoted to the base B. Rigidly parts an operator at anycpoimnt can change secured to the post, just above the base B, is the position of the throwinglarm and consean arm C. The base'B, just beneath the outer quently the direction of its throw. ,I The post 95 45 end of the arm C, is in form of the arc of a A oscillates through anarc of only about one circle of which the post-pivot is the center. hundred and twenty degrees, so that the tar- Passing vertically downward from the outer get is never thrown toward the shooters end of the arm C is a bolt c, which serves to stand. It is clear, also, that any number of guide the vertical movement of a 'frictiontraps may beset in line and connected to and loo 5o plate D, which extends beneath the curved operated by the same shaft and lever. No

edge b of the base B. favoritism can be shown, because all of the be different from its motion when the roller y is in another part of said groove, even when i the lever J is moved through the same arc.

Having thus described my invention, whatV Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a target trap, the combination of a base and a post carrying the throwing-arm and its actuating mechanism pivoted to said base with a rotatable shaft, means for rotating it, a cam secured to said shaft, an arm rigidly connected with the post, and suitable connections between the said arm and cam,

. substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a base,a post carrying the throwing-arm and its operating mechanism pivoted to said base, and an arm rigid with said post with standards secured to said base, a shaft mounted in said standards, a`

cam secured to said shaft and engaging with said arm, and means for rotating said shaft step by step, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of a base, a post pivoted thereto carrying the throwing-arm and its operating mechanism, an arm rigid with said post, and a friction-roller mounted on said arm with standards secured to said base,

a shaft mounted in said standards, means for revolving said shaft step by step, a piece secured to said shaft having in its periphery an endless cam-groove in which the frictionroller is held, whereby the post is oscillated as the shaft is revolved, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of a base, a post carry-- ing the throwing-arm and its operating mechanism pivoted to said base, and an arm rigid with said post with standards secured to said base, a shaft mounted in said standards, a cam secured to said shaft engaging with said arm, a ratchet-wheel secured to` the shaft, a

lever loosely mounted on the shaft, a pawl attached to the lever, and a spring for moving said lever in one direction, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of a base a part of the edge of which is in the form of a circular arc, a post carrying the throwing-arm and its operating mechanism pivoted to said base at the center of curvature of said curved part, and an arm rigid with said post and extending over the curved part of said base with a spring-actuated pressure-piece carried by said arm and adapted to press against said curved part of the base, substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK C. DAMM.

WVitnesses:

C. C. HARRIS, V. T. SPITTER. 

